Seattle Braces for Hickman Kidnapping Suspect
A giant manhunt for the so called Fox spread through Seattle and the Pacific Northwest after a ransom attempt linked to Marion Parker’s case. Police mobilized the entire city and ferried searches at bridges, docks, roads, and garages as detectives investigated a Willoughby clothing store visit and a Kent Washington ransom bill.
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Seattle
Wash
Edward Hickman
Los Angeles
Pacific Northwest
the Fox
Marion Parker
Hickman
Northwest
Perry Parker
Kent
Claude Bannick
Ralph Olmstead
Willoughby
Pacific Northwes
Detectives Ready Plane for Hickman Flight to Seattle
Los Angeles detectives prepared to fly to Seattle if Edward Hickman is reported there. Chief Herman Cline ordered the aircraft after word a man matching Hickman was sought in Washington. He believed the Seattle clothing purchase with a $20 bill linked to the 19 year old ex bank clerk in the Parker murder case.
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Los Angeles
Seattle
Edward Hickman
Herman Cline
Hickman
Washington
Cline
Marion Parker
Governor Frees Frank J Glenn From Bond Tied to Hettie Case
Governor Jackson today released Frank J Glenn from the bond of Hettie O'Brien alias Mabel Champion. In 1921 Glenn was persuaded to sign for Hettie after her arrest on grand larceny. She stabbed a man with a hatpin during a hotel lobby theft and fled the state after a fight, later linked to a murder in Cleveland and an escape from Ohio reformatory.
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Jackson
Frank J. Glenn
Jefferson Ave
Hettie O’brien
Mabel Champion
Glenn
Hettie
Cleveland
Ohio Reformatory
Seek Kidnapped Girl Case Sparks City Alerts
Detective Chief Kinney warned Indianapolis merchants and banks to watch for twenty dollar United States gold certificates used as ransom in the kidnapping and murder of a Marion girl. The notes ranged K-68016901 to K-68016975 and the suspect is described as a 25 to 30 year old American man, 5 feet 7 or 8, 150 pounds, slender, well educated with a legible hand.
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Jerry Kinney
Indianapolis
United States
Perry Paker Sr
Los Angeles
Cal
Marion
Kinney
Edward Hickman
The
Bulletin
S-4 Disaster Salvage Continues As Hope Fades
Admiral Brumby said no life remains aboard the sunken S-4. Salvage work continues with divers surveying the hull for trapped men. Officials report 113 hours of submersion with air pumps supplying fresh air as pontoons are prepared to raise the vessel. Weather is clear and warming. tests show toxic air. Governor Trumbull earns Federal airplane pilot license after Brainard Field tests.
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Provincetown
Mass
R. H. Brumby
Washington
William Wickwire
James Igram
Hartford
Conn
John H. Trumbull
Brainard Field
W. O. Sargent
Department of Commerce
Four bootleggers held as youths sell liquor to men
Police warned against buying Christmas liquor from juvenile bootleggers after four intoxicated youths, two aged 12, were taken into custody. James Brown and George Crawford were charged with contributing to delinquency when the youths admitted selling liquor to the men.
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James Brown
W. Twenty-First St
Apt
George Crawford
Sycamore St
McClure Retained as Recreation Chief Amid Probe of Replacement
A Marion County group of athletic and civic organizations pressed Mayor Slack to keep Jesse P. McClure as Recreation Director. About fifty delegates at the Hoosier Athletic Club approved resolutions urging him to finish ongoing projects and sent a copy to Slack. Organizer J D Johnson warned of a rumored Democrat replacement on January 1.
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Jesse P. McClure
L. Ert Slack
McClure
Hoosier Athletic Club
Slack
J. D. Johnson
Marion County
National Amateur Athletic Association
Hotel firm is formed with Wilson Herbert partnership
Incorporation papers for the Wilson Herbert Hotel Corporation are filed with the Secretary of State showing $3,600 common and $2,100 preferred stock. Corporators are Chester H. Wilson, James Montgomery Herbert and Ronald D. Wilson. Victor Realty Company, Inc. has $25,000 capitalization and Roepke Floral Company $30,000 capitalization.
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Wilson-Herbert Hotel Corporation
Chester H. Wilson
James Montgomery Herbert
Ronald D. Wilson
Victor Realty Company, Inc
Roepke Floral Company
Florida real estate mortgages could pay out for Wild & Co depositors
Probate Judge Mahlon E. Bush said Wild & Co bank depositors and mortgage certificate holders may recover on Florida mortgage assets. Receivers Lowther and Ross inspected 372 properties backing about 2.1 million dollars in first mortgages, with some assets held in trust for certificates.
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J. F. Wild & Co
State Bank
Florida
Mahlon E. Bush
Richard Lowther
Frank B. Ross
Reeceivers
Wild Bank
Miami
Ross
Lowther
Bush
Safety Board Issues New Police Shields to Replace Badges
The safety board led by president Fred W. Connell announced issuance of new shields to replace old stars. All old badges must be turned in to the safety board to ensure proper identification. A limited number of special police will be issued in 1926.
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Board of Safety
Fred W. Connell
Safety Board
Connell
Prison Gates Open to Steve Stephenson Visitors at Michigan City
Warden Daly announced that Steve Stephenson, the former Klan grand dragon serving a life murder sentence, may receive visitors again. Raymond Donahew of Da nshire admitted visiting last Thursday amid rumors of high official influence, which Donahew denied. Daly said only the warden can approve visits and Governor Jackson had no involvement.
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D.C. Stephenson
The
Klan
Walter H. Daly
Michigan City
Stephensonfi
Donahew
Steve
Penginess Waren
Ed Jackson
Donehew
Jackson
M. E. Foley
Stephenson
Busis
Crash in La Grange Bank Before Jury
A La Grange bank crash leads to jury action amid confusion over a Secretary of State remarks and a Southern state housewife report. The letter mentions a skunk in a chicken coop and a dog that killed it, with unclear legal implications and no stated law violation.
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Fred Schortemeier
Schortemeier
Remus sanity hearing moves forward in Cincinnati case
George Remus former millionaire bootlegger acquitted of his wifes murder faces a sanity test this week before Probate Judge William H Lenders. Remus likely must rely on attorney Charles H Elston as he answers the court to prove sanity or be committed to the state insane hospital. The case pits Remus claiming insanity against the States contention that he is sane. A petition signed by the twelve jurors who acquitted him seeks bond for Christmas release.
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United Press
Cincinnati
Ohio
George Remus
Imogene
William H. Lenders
Remus
State Insane Hospital
Charles H. Elston
Santa Rides Interurban and Commuters Frolic
Santa Claus boarded the T. H. I. & E. interurban at Mooresville to host a Christmas party for commuters. The car, decorated with tinsel and doughnut wreaths, carried riders from Mooresville to Indianapolis. Organizers were Paul Hadley, Carrie E. Scott, and Emma Hadley of Mooresville.
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Santa Claus
Mooresville
Indianapolis
Valley Mills
Friendswood
Camby
Saint Nick
Virgil Self
Santa
Paul Hadley
Carrie E. Scott
Children’s Department
Central Library
Emma Hadley
Jury Close to Indicted Bank Collapse In La Grange
Federal grand jury nears final report on the collapse of First National Bank of La Grange Indiana with possible 200 indictments involving about 275 people. Clyde A Walb state chairman links rumor. Weaver admits some forged notes used to cover overdrafts for Walb Construction.
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Federal Grand Jury
First National Bank of
la Grange
Ind
Clyde A. Walb
Indiana
Walb
Indianapolis Times
Valentine D. Weaver
Walb Construction Company
Weaver
Grand Jury Room
Glenn A. Paulsen
Chicago
John F. Utt
Federal Bank
H. Laufer
Ort Figler
Ida M. Helper
W. M. Darmyer
John P. Caton
Howe
J. R. Truby
City junk bid awarded to S M Goldsmith at disposal plant
S M Goldsmith of 3264 N New Jersey St won a contract to buy 185 tons of junk at the old garbage disposal plant. He submitted the only bid above appraised value at 6.35 per ton totaling about 1200 with four fifths of salvaged machinery to be sold later. other bids were below appraised value.
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S. M. Goldsmith
New Jersey St
Sanitary Board
Goldsmith
Citizens petition to investigate high light rates in Metz Indiana
Forty five residents of Metz Steuben County petitioned the public service commission to investigate alleged excessive light rates charged by Lake Shore Power Company. The Hamilton and Lawrenceburg Coach Company of Cincinnati asked permission to run a bus from Hardingston Indiana to the Ohio line.
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Metz
Ind
Steuben County
Public Service Commission
Lake Shore Power Company
Hamilton & Lawrenceburg Coach Company
Cincinnati
Ohio
Hardingston
Ohio Line
Ike and Ike-oh Visit Chief in Fabled Attire
Mike and Ike, famed vaudeville twins born in Budapest, visit Chief Worley in Indianapolis. They discuss divorce talk and politics naming Coolidge and Thompson as favorites, while boasting Republican loyalties and noting past roles as Tunney’s bodyguards. They tour with six younger brothers in Budapest.
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Ike
Claude M. Worley
Mike
Coolidge
Irvington Republican Club
Elks and Kiwanis
Bill Thompson
President Coolidge signs 203 million deficiency bill
President Coolidge signed a 203 million dollar deficiency bill for emergency government needs. The measure includes 40 thousand dollars to raise gun elevations on two battleships, 5.5 million for Cape Cod canal, and 7 million for Mississippi flood control projects.
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United Press
Coolidge
Senate
Cape Cod Canal
Mississippi
Concrete Highway Project to Link Logansport and Rochester
A $600000 concrete highway between Logansport and Rochester, 22 miles, is included in the 1928 State Highway Department program. Director John D Williams said the commission approved the project after Polk and Cass Counties agreed to cover 25 percent of the cost. The road, known as the Michigan Act, will receive a state designation upon completion.
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Logansport
Rochester
State Highway Department
John D. Williams
Polk
Cass
Young D Annunzio to Represent Italian Auto Firm
Berniere D'Annunzio, son of the Italian poet, arrived in New York to represent an Italian automobile manufacturer. He predicted strong sales of new Fords in Italy.
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United States
United Press
New York
Berniere D’annunzio
D’annunzio
Duel to the death of two bootleg partners in Indiana
Ford Indiana December 22 Two crack marksmen Brook Collins 28 and Ben Pierce 35 died in a field on the Collins farm after a quarrel over loot from a bootlegging operation. Pierce and Collins fired as Pierce drew first, Collins returning one shot before dying. Mrs Collins found them with a .32 caliber pistol between them. Pierce left his wife for Bedford earlier that day. Inquest set for next week. both men left widows.
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Bat United Press
FORD
Ind
Brook Collins
Ben Pierce
Collins
O. D. Emerson
Pierce
Bedford
Emerson
German Consul General Takes Over Soviet Mission
Shanghai reports F. Thiel German consul general has assumed the Soviet consulate duties at Russia's request. German consuls in Haakow and Canton are said to assume charge of Russian consulates there, signaling a break in diplomatic relations between Germany and Russia.
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Bot United Arena
Shanghai
F. Thiel
Haakow
Canton
Russia
Children to Aid Poor in Warren Township
Fifteen Warren Township families will receive grocery baskets Friday from Warren Central High School pupils. Twenty eight baskets were packed by the classes and will be distributed by the school bus drivers. Miss Clara Thormyer head of the English department supervised the packing.
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Warren Township
Warren Central High School
Clara Thormyer
Wall Street Christmas Tree Celebration Returns
Wall Street will pause for its annual Christmas tree event led by the 16th Infantry band the Gloria Trumpeters and the Mendelssohn quartet. Firms gather in front of the Stock Exchange as a forty foot tree stands nearby for carols.
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Ted Pre
Pihiw
York
Wall Street
16Th Infantry Band
Gloria
Mendelssohn
Stock Exchange
Tug Setter Grounded Inside Chicken Reef at Goose Bay Neck
Coast guards rescued eighteen men after the 176 ton tug Setter ran aground inside Chicken Reef on Goose Bay Neck. The vessel, owned by MacWilliam, is believed a total loss.
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